Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Monastic Orders in York
As well as countless churches, Medie...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Life in the Abbey
St Mary's Abbey in York was Benedict...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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York Castle
Together with the Abbey and the C...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The George Fox Incident
- Statue of an Athlete
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- Victoria Bar
- Painting of 'Queen Henrietta Maria'
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- Rowntree Park
- Mithras and Arimanius
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The Pilgrimage of Grace
- King Edward I and York
- Anglian Cross
- King Richard III and York
- York and the Holocaust
- Industrial Upheaval
- New Earswick
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- The Railway Institute